“Offering the most popular standout features made famous by our Xperia Z Series - camera capability, two-day battery life and waterproofing - Xperia M4 Aqua brings a proposition and price, products in this section of the market simply cannot match.”

Just as with the rear, the 5MP selfie camera has a wide-angle lens with an 88° field of view, and Portrait Retouch allows users to add finishing refinements.

The popular selfie editing feature sits alongside Sony’s full suite of preloaded Xperia Camera apps, as well as Sound Photo for adding a short clips to pictures, and Movie Creator, which automatically converts pictures and videos into thirty second vignette clips.

The smartphone will be available in classic white and black, and fresh coral. Sony’s adopted the same subtle principles in its take on Android 5.0 Lollipop’s material design, in keeping with a distinctive minimalist approach to user interface, interactions and native apps.